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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "IDAHOSA BENSON" <idahosa_benson@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:44:18 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FROM THE DESK OF [MR,IDAHOSA BENSON] BILL AND EXCHANGE
MANAGER,
BANK BICIA-B ;OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,
URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
bank of [BANK BICIA-B]I am writing following the impressive information
about you through one of my friends who runs a consultants firm in your
country.
He assured me of your capability and reliability to champion this business
opportunity.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $ 20m US dollars(Twenty
million US dollars).
In account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with
his entire family in November 2002 in a plane crash.
Since we got information about his death,we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we Lent that all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulate that if such money remained
unclaimed after five years,the money will be transfers into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a [BURKINABE] cannot stand as
next of kin to a foreigner 50 % of this money will be for you as foreign
partners respect to the provision of a foreign account,and 50 % would be for
me.
There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the
deceased indicating your bank name,your bank account number, your private
telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location
where the money will be remit.
Upon receipt of your reply will send to you by fax or email,with the text of
application.
And I will not fail to bring you notice that, this transaction is hitch free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer.You should contact me
immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Your's faithfully,
[MR,IDAHOSA BENSON]
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
[BANK BICIA-B] FROM THE DESK OF [MR,IDAHOSA BENSON] BILL AND
EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK BICIA-B ;OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,
URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
bank of [BANK BICIA-B]I am writing following the impressive information
about you through one of my friends who runs a consultants firm in your
country.
He assured me of your capability and reliability to champion this business
opportunity.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $ 20m US dollars(Twenty
million US dollars).
In account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with
his entire family in November 2002 in a plane crash.
Since we got information about his death,we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we Lent that all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulate that if such money remained
unclaimed after five years,the money will be transfers into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a [BURKINABE] cannot stand as
next of kin to a foreigner 50 % of this money will be for you as foreign
partners respect to the provision of a foreign account,and 50 % would be for
me.
There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the
deceased indicating your bank name,your bank account number, your private
telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location
where the money will be remit.
Upon receipt of your reply will send to you by fax or email,with the text of
application.
And I will not fail to bring you notice that, this transaction is hitch free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer.You should contact me
immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Your's faithfully,
[MR,IDAHOSA BENSON]
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
[BANK BICIA-B]
_________________________________________________________________
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